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More than 100 people learned more about the Colorado Department of Transportation’s proposal to build a westbound peak-period shoulder lane on Interstate 70 on July 26 and expressed their concerns about traffic and safety issues on the highway.

Final paving work on Colorado Boulevard from Seventh Avenue to about 13th Avenue was canceled last week due to the wet weather.

Idaho Springs Mayor Mike Hillman said he hopes paving will begin again this week but it was weather dependent.

“We’ve postponed it, and it looks like we’re going to go over our July 28 finish date,” Hillman said. “We were kind of afraid of that, but what are you going to do? You can’t fight with Mother Nature.”

Clear Creek student-athletes will be able to get low-cost sports physicals on Saturday, Aug. 12.

The physicals will cost $25 and will be given from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Carlson Elementary School gym in Idaho Springs. Only checks and cash will be accepted, and students will get the physicals on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Clear Creek School District and the Center Health Primary Care Clinic in Idaho Springs are providing the service.

The legends on how exactly pack burro racing got started vary. One legend says two miners found gold at the same spot and raced to town to stake a claim first. Another tells of drunken miners in Leadville who decided to make some easy money by racing with their burros.

With each four-legged competitor carrying a pack resembling what the miners once carried, the sport is deeply rooted in state’s mining history and heritage.

Idaho Springs officials will look at how other municipalities regulate short-term rentals to help them determine how they should be regulated here.

Vacation rental sites, such as Airbnb and VRBO, help homeowners rent rooms or houses to visitors. The city doesn’t require home-based businesses of this sort to have licenses or pay sales or lodging tax, and there also is no way for the city to communicate with homeowners about how renters should behave.

Editor's note: With the growing popularity of Clear Creek’s recreational amenities, the Courant is taking a look at the people who manage, clean and protect the county’s campgrounds. This is part two of a three-part series.

With the sun beaming through the trees, Joe Ferrarello’s new office is quite therapeutic.

Last Friday, the 12 camping sites at West Chicago Creek campground were already booked for the weekend, and Ferrarello was already turning away upset people.